 Individual resonator - Type of resonator made from empty clay vessels of different size.

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absorption ranges from 100 to 400 Hertz.
 Drainage fixture unit - Common measure of the probable discharge into the drainage system by
various types of plumbing fixtures on the basis of one unit of this being equal to discharge rate of
7.5 gallons per minute per one cubic foot of water per minute.
 Cable tray - Unit or assembly units or sections and associated fittings forming a rigid structural
system used to support cables.
 Dichlorodiflouromethane - refrigerant name of R12.
 300 mm - Minimum extension of event stock through roof above any other vertical surface.
 Transfer switch - A type of switch used for transferring one or more load conductor connections
from one power source to another.
 Nadir - Condition characterized as vertically downward directly below the luminaire.
 Foot candle - Unit of illumination equivalent to 1 lumen per square foot.
 Water main - Water supply pipe provided by the water utility company for local individual
connection is done.
 Transformer - mechanical device used to step up or step-down voltage in AC.
 Underground Feeder - A feeder designed for installation below the surface of the ground or for
installations in an underground duct.
 Effluent - Liquid sewage that has been treated in a septic tank or sewage treatment plant.
 Governor - Consist of a flyball or flyweight device designed to stop an elevator.
 Low Resistance, high current - It characterizes short circuit.
 Porous absorbents - Type of sound absorbent is best for lower band frequencies.
 Energy Efficiency Rating
 RCP - recommended for the storm water line.
 Conduit - cylindrical conduit or conductor, the wall thickness is sufficient to receive standard
pipe.
 Impedance - resistance in alternating current system.
 Cathode - equivalent of filament in a fluorescent lamp
 Reciprocal of ohm - Mho as used in electrical systems calculation is defined as.
 3” - Minimum size of drop and wise branch of a pedestal urinal.
 Full open, full bore, and stop valve -The purpose of a gate valve.
 Ultrasonic - A type of perimeter detector which detects change in sound wave pattern.
 450 mm - Minimum clearance in front of any clean out in meters for pipes larger than 51 mm dia.
 Endless belt - Continuous belt attached to the handrail and directly connected to the steps is
known as.
 4’ - Maximum spacing of pipe supports at intervals.
 300 mm - Minimum vertical distance from the bottom of water pipes to the top of sewer or
drainpipe if laid in the same trench on top of the other.
 Sound absorption - Product of surface area and sound absorption coefficient (SAC). It has the
unit Sabin.
 1 year - Validity of plumbing permit.
 Waste stack - Vertical pipe which conveys only wastewater or liquid waste free of fecal matter.
 Heat resistant thermoplastic - Trade name for an insulated conductor with type letter THHN.
 Metal Halide Lamp - High intensity discharge lamp in which the light is produced by the
radiation from a mixture of metallic vapor similar to that of a mercury lamp in construction.
 Conduit - Cylindrical conduit or conductor the wall thickness is sufficient to receive a standard
pipe.
 3 meters - distance of any VSTR from a roof deck used for other purposes aside from protection
from weather.
 Gooseneck - a kind of return bend of small size faucet, one end of which is about 1 foot long and
other end is about 3 inches. It is commonly used as a faucet for pantry sink and drinking fountain.
also, the lead connection between the service pipe and the water main. also, a p-trap.
 Roof deck - Cooling tower is located at.
 Use vibration isolators - If the air conditioning equipment is sleeping located on the upper floors
what would be the best recommendation to reduce sound transmission.
 Building sewer - that part of the drainage system that extends from the end of building drain and
conveys its discharge to the public sewer, private sewer, individual sewage disposal system or
other appropriate point of disposal.
 38 meters/min - maximum rated speed of an escalator along the angle of travel.
 #8 - Minimum size of conductor for a 40 amp CB.
 Submersible pump - A pump, manually operated and is used to remove water from a system
during maintenance.
 3 section - Typical truss configuration used in the installation of an escalator.
 Safety shoes - in elevator it detects the obstacles during the door closing and they open the door
if there is something. Photocell can be used together with this.
 Air terminal - in lighting protection system the combination of metal rod and its brace are
footing on the upper part of a structure.
 Switchgear , switchboard, switch - Device for making or breaking or rearranging the
connections of an electrical circuit.
 740 watts - equivalent to wattage of 1 HP.
 Mercury lamp - type of popular for lighting condition interiors uses argon gas to ease starting, it
produces light by means of an electric discharge in mercury vapor.
 Water Hammer - concussion and banging noise that results when a volume of water moving in a
pipe suddenly stops or loses momentum.
 Resistance - Reciprocal of conductance.
 Freight and dumbwaiter - type of elevator that is best used in hospitals and hotels.
 Busway - rigid metal housing for a group of heavy conductors insulated from each other and
inclusion also called busduct.
 Pull box - box with a blank cover which serves the purpose of joining one different runs of
raceways or cables and provided with sufficient space for connection and branching of the
enclosed conductors.
 305 mm - Minimum clearance in front of any clean out in meters for pipes 51 mm diameter.
 60 degrees – Equivalent 1 / 6 bent in degrees.
 Wye and 1/8 bend - Combination of pipe fittings is installed at the base of a soil stack.
 1.2 meters - Required maximum height of dumb waiter.
 0.60 cm - minimum liquid depth for septic tank
 Humidistat - Controller sensitive to the degree of moisture in the air.
 Metal halide lamp - High density discharge lamp in which the light is produced by the radiation
from a mixture of metallic vapor similar to that of a mercury lamp in construction.
 Double bend – pipe fitting shape like “S”.
 Sheave - assembly consisting of Pulley wheel, side plates, shaft, and bearings over which a cable
or rope is passed.
 Sewage - liquid waste containing animal or vegetable matter in suspension or solution.
 Tungsten Halogen Lamp - Type of lamp which produces light by means of the erection of
halogen additive in the bulb reacts chemically with tungsten.
 Gate valve - shut off valves close by lowering a wedge shape gate across the passage.
 Riser Diagram - shows the vertical relationships of all panels, feeders, switches, switchboards,
and major components are shown up to but not including branch circuiting, it is an electrical
version of vertical section taken through the building.
 Globe valve - valve closed by disk seating on an opening in an internal wall.
 Electric and Hydraulic - two types of elevators.
 30.5 meters - required minimum distance of a water supply well from a disposal field.
 Mechanical Maintenance Locking Device - this device in escalators is provided at the drive unit
location to protect against accidental movement of the escalator during inspection of the drives or
during general maintenance.
 Frequency - number of cycles per unit time of a wave or oscillations expressed in hertz or cycles
per second.
 Refrigeration - condensing unit is a part of.
 Circuit breaker - protects the equipment from over current.
 38 mm or 1 ½ inches - standard size of a wet standpipe outlet for each floor.
 Washdown – women’s urinal feature.
- Type of water closet is prohibited by some health codes.
 Blowout - Type of water closet that is noisy but highly efficient. Strong jet into up leg forces
contents out. Used only with flush valve requires higher pressure.
 Zeolite - Treats hard water.
 Fascia plate - Prevents the passenger from falling into the hoistway when they try to get out of
the car which is stopped between the floors.
 Refraction - Bending of sound wave when traveling forward changes direction as it passes
through different densities.
 Luminaire - Lighting unit consisting of one or more electrical lamps.
- Synonymous with a lighting fixture.
 Guiderails - vertical tracks that serve as a guide for the car and the counterweight.
 Wavelength - distance sound travels during each cycle of vibration.
 Power panel - another name for distribution panel.
 6.10 meters - maximum distance of any under floor clean out from any access door, crawl space,
or crawl hole.
 High Pressure sodium - use for roadways and sidewalks uses sodium gas.
 3 - How many days at least given before any plumbing work inspection is done after written
notice for inspection.
 Sabin - unit of sound absorption equivalent to 1 square foot of perfectly absorptive material.
 2 inches - Required minimum size of trap and waste branch for a shower stall.
 1.50 meters - Required minimum length of septic tank.
 8% - Required minimum lead content in percent for pipes and fittings safe for humans.
 450 mm - required minimum clearance and you clean out the meters for pipes larger than 51
millimeter diameter.
 Flush valve - valve used in flush tank controlling the flushing of fixture.
 4 - required minimum number of water closet for female population for office and public
buildings serving 55 occupants or employees.
 3 - minimum head of water in meters required for each section of plumbing for water test.
 Flourescence - means of producing line from gaseous discharge.
 5.5 sq.m - required minimum wire size in square millimeter for a branch circuit with a 30 ampere
rating using type THW stranded copper conductor in a raceway.
 Thermostat - device installed on an electric water heater used to detect the working temperature
to activate the switch.
- Instrument which responds to changes in temperature and directly or indirectly
controls temperature.
 General lighting -type of lighting dealing with relatively large area lighting.
 45.70 meters - we will require distance of our water supply well from a seepage pit or cesspool.
 Current overload safety switch - device in escalators that stop escalator automatically if an
abnormal current is supplied to the motor.
 Sound attenuation - reduction in the intensity or in the sound pressure level of sound which is
transmitted from one point to another.
 Service drop - overhead service conductors from the last pole or other aerial support to and
including splices, if any, connecting to the service entrance conductors at the building.
 Rigid and flexible - classification of copper pipes.
 Sound intensity - rate of flow of sound energy.
 2 ½ inches - standard size of an outlet for a dry standpipe located on each floor.
 Indirect lighting - type of lighting system where 90 to 100% of light output is directed to the
ceiling and upper walls of the room.
 Porous absorbents - type of sound absorbent that is best for lower band frequencies.
 30 mm - under the NBC the minimum distance of hoisting and counterweight rope.
 Porximity/ Capacitance - type of perimeter detector detects a change in capacitance of the area
covered caused by intrusion.
 Light Beam - perimeter detector which detects interruption of light beam.
 Fan coil Unit - mechanical equipment coupled with a central air conditioning system is used to
the humidify and cool the Air stream injected to a conditioned space.
 0.90 meters – minimum required width of septic tank.
 26 - required minimum gauge of galvanized sheet used for downspouts.
 Impedance - resistance in alternating current system.
 51 mm - required minimum height of a water seal for each fixture trap.
 2 meters - minimum face to face distance required between elevators in three and four car
grouping.
 51 mm - minimum trap diameter for a shower stall.
 Sound Diffraction - acoustical phenomenon which causes sound waves to be bent or scattered
around.
 Relief Vent - then with a function to provide circulation of air between drainage and vent system.
 To dip to crown wire - reference in measuring the depth of a tarp seal of a trap.
 150 mm - required minimum extension of a vent stack through roof above the roof.
 Burr - rough or sharp edge left on metal by a cutting tool.
 Psychometric chart - graph used in air conditioning and showing the properties of air system
mixture.
 Ball valve - single lever valves used in kitchen sink and lavatory faucets or at shower valves
work by the principal of.
 Air terminal - nothing protection the combination of a metal rod and its brace or footing on the
upper part of the structure.
 Pvt automatic Branch Exchange – PABX or PBX
- Private telephone system that interconnects with public telephone system.
 Developed length – the length along the center line of the pipe and fitting.
 Passive Infrared - type of perimeter detector which detects object in heat range of body
temperature.
 Plumbum – In latin, it means LEAD
 Escutcheon - flange used on a pipe to cover a hole or opening in floor or wall which the pipe
pass.
 No. 14 - standard size required for switch line.
 4 inches - minimum size of a stand pipe for building in which the highest outlet is 23 meters or
less from the fire service connection
 3/8 inch - minimum fixture supply pipe diameter for tank type water closet.
 Heat – Freon in air-con must be compressed and liquified in order to absorb.
 Winding – Drum machine - gear driven machine having drum to which the wire ropes that hoist
the car are fastened, and on which they wind.
 Corporation stop- stop valve placed in the service pipe to the connection at the water main.
 Rigid Board Insulation - thin sheets that are used for controlling heat in drywall construction.
 High-Pressure-Sodium (HPS) - type of high intensity discharge lamp (HID).
 Floodlight - lamp designed to project and diffuse a uniform level of illumination over a large
area.
 Infrared- other type of flame detector other than the ultraviolet type.
 1.5 meters - required minimum length of the secondary compartment of a septic tank with a
capacity of more than 6 cubic meters.
 Microwave - type of perimeter detector which is subject to false alarm from aircraft radar and
from movement outside building through window, wood doors and the like. it uses radio waves.
 Limit switch - this prevents excessive car travel at the highest and lowest floor.
 Lift - other term or name for passenger elevator.
 Atmospheric vacuum breaker - consists of a body, a checking member, and an atmospheric
opening.
 Siphon Vortex (SV) - water closet that is quiet, extremely sanitary, water is directed through the
rim. It scours bowl folds into jet.
 Loop vent - a vent pipe connected to a stack vent.
 Thermosetting - descriptive of any material such as synthetic resin which hardens when heated
or cured and does not soften when reheated.
 Counterweight - in theater stage house a weight usually of iron or sand used to balance
suspended scenery or the like.
 Thermal detector - a rate of rise type detector.
 4 inches- required minimum size of a wet standpipe for a riser of more than 15 meters from the
source.
 Develop length - the length of a pipeline measured along the center line of the pipe and pipe
fittings.
 Telecommunication system- simplest type of building automation system.
 558 meters - minimum width between balusters in an escalator.
 Intelligent building- Building with fire alarm and suppression system.
 Foot candle - unit of illumination equivalent to 1 lumen per square foot.
 60 cycles - standard frequency of power supplied by the local power utility company like
Meralco.
 Air motor - an air operated device used to open or close a damper or valve.
 Limit control and interlocks - in boilers, they function only when exceeds prescribed unsafe
operating condition.
 4 - Required number of water closets for females for a theater serving 51 to 100.
 Convection- transmission of heat energy from one place to another by circulatory movement of a
mass of fluid.
 3 - Required number of water closets for females for an auditorium serving 16 to 35.
 3 inches- minimum size of trap and waist branch for a pedestal urinal.
 Barometer - instrument used for measuring atmospheric pressure.
 1.80 meters- required maximum depth of liquid for septic tank.
 4.60 meters - required minimum length of any branch requiring separate venting.
 1: 5 - the ratio of lavatory to number of occupants, when there is exposure to skin contamination
due to poisonous materials.
 Outside door latch- part of elevator that is used to open the doors from the outside.
 2.1 meters - minimum vertical extension of VSTR from any roof deck where it is protruded.
 300mm. - minimum required vertical distance from the bottom of water pipes to the top of sewer
or drain pipe if laid in the same trench on top of the other.
 House drain - collection of line of a plumbing system.
 1:30 - Ratio of water closets for male population for elementary and secondary school.
 Cross light - light originating from sources not facing each other as from windows in adjacent
walls.
 DC generator - other name for a rectifier.
 10 FT - standard length of electrical metal conduit
 Invert - interior bottom surface of a pipe.
 0.60 meters - minimum width required for a single slide door of elevator for small commercial or
residential building.
 Pure tone - sound sensation in single frequency.
 Battery of fixtures - turn up light to the interconnection of the same fixtures in one soil or waste
branch with one branch vent.
 1:25 - ratio of water closets for female population for elementary and secondary school.
 Pressure regulating valve -automatic device used for converting high, fluctuating inlet water
pressure to a lower constant pressure.
 Spring line- center line of pipe .
 Transmission loss - the number of decibels by which sound is reduced in transmission through it,
measure of the sound insulation value of the partition the higher the number the greater the
insulation value.
 1/8 bend - Type of pipe fitting for a yoke vent.
 Sensible heat - heat that raises air temperature.
 Moisture and Heat Resistant - meaning of X HHN invasive specification.
 Reverse trap - water closet similar to that of the siphon jet but with smaller water surface and
trapway.
 Air curtain - vertical flow of air used to separate different functions of spaces.
 Hygrostat - another name for humidistat.
 Sound- fluctuation in pressure, a particle displacement in an elastic medium.
 Ultrasonic - type of perimeter detector which detects change in sound wave pattern.
 Ton of refrigeration - the cooling effect obtained when one ton of ice at 32°F melts to the water
at the same temperature in 24 hours.
 Sine wave– wave produced by pure tone
 10 - minimum number of stories served by a waste stack requiring a parallel venstack.
 60 cm- Required maximum length of the tail piece from any fixture.
 0.90 meter - Required minimum extension of the VSTR above an openable wall window, door
opening, air intake and vent shaft.
 Siphon jet - water closet that is sanitary efficient and very quiet . water enters through the rim
and through the down leg
 38 mm -Minimum trap diameter for a bathtub
 Carbon monoxide- component of fire extinguisher
 Weighing device - it makes the buzzer alarm when the car is overloaded and the door remains
open until overloading is eliminated
 600 mm - minimum clearance between the underside of the car and the bottom of the pit.
 102 mm - Maximum height of a water seal for each fixture trap.
 Handrail guard switches - this stop the escalator if a foreign object becomes wedged at the
guard.
 Disconnect switch - this is located at the bottom truss of the escalator and provided with on and
off positions to stop or prevents the escalator from starting during maintenance service.
 6 inches - required minimum height of a branch bin above the fixture it is venting.
 Plumbarius - refers to individual who worked in the sanitary field of ancient Rome.
 300 mm - Minimum distance of water pipings from any regulating equipment water heater
conditioning tanks and similar equipments requiring union fittings.
 Common waste and vent system - specially designed system of waste piping embodying the
horizontal wet venting of one or more sinks our floor drains by means of a common waste and
vent pipe adequately sized to provide free movement of air above the flow line of the drain.
 Tungsten - material used for filament in an incandescent bulb.
 15 minutes - minimum time in minutes required for waste to stay in the system or pipes for a
water test without any leaks to satisfy said testing.
 Threshold of audibility - minimum sound pressure level that is capable of being detected by the
human ear.
 68 to 74°F - effective room temperature in air conditioning.
 Passive Infrared with Ultrasonic - Type of perimeter detector uses both the passive infrared and
ultrasonic or microwave system.
 Phase - Interrelationship between value of voltage and current with the same frequency.
 508 mm - Minimum required dimension of manhole access to septic tank.
 Phon - Unit of loudness level.
 Bibbcock - Faucet fitted with a nozzle curving downward used as a draw off tap.
 Lux - unit of illumination equivalent to 1 lumen per square meter.
 Upfeed system / Direct Method - Water distribution system which constantly rely its pressure
from the main water pipe applied only if the highest fixture is supplied continuously with the
flow rate and minimum required working pressure.
 Fixed temperarture Heat detector -Fire detector installs in fire alarm system which uses low
melting point soldiers or metal that expands when exposed to heat to detect a fire.
 Luminous Flux - Rate of flow a light through a surface.
 Softening - Process of removing calcium and magnesium deposits in water.
 Rectifier - Device for converting alternating current to direct current.
 Moisture resistant, in wet and dry location -The meaning of TW in electrical wire
specification.
 Panic bar -device which extends across at least 1/2 the width of each door leaf which will open
if subjected to pressure.
 No. 12 - Standard size of wire for a circuit line.
 Accent Lighting - Lighting used primarily to draw attention to particular point of interest.
 Teflon - One of the earlier plastic to be developed in 1938, a DuPont trade name for the white,
soft, waxy and non-adhesive polymer or tetrafluoroethylene.
 Latent heat - Amount of heat which is absorbed or evolved in changing the state of a substance
without changing its temperature.
 4 ft - Required maximum spacing of pipe supports at intervals.
 1 cubic meter - Minimum required capacity in cubic meters of the secondary compartment of a
septic tank.
 Luminance - Luminous intensity of any surface in given direction per unit of projected area
 Cathode - Equivalent of filament in fluorescent lamp.
 Capacitor - Farad is the unit capacity of
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